Magnus Carlsen defeats Hans Niemann's Italian Game

Featured is a sharp blitz chess game between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen from the Early Titled Tuesday held on July 9th 2024. Out of an Italian Game, Carlsen allows Niemann to establish his pawn on a6. This pawn becomes a focal point in the early middlegame where Carlsen maneuvers to capture it. A critical moment would be after Carlsen plays 18...Ndb8. Niemann misses a golden opportunity to seize a decisive initiative in the center while Carlsen was preoccupied with tracking the a6-pawn. Once Carlsen established a strong 5th rank pawn duo, it would not take long for Niemann's position to completely collapse. This game acts as their most recent encounter, and they likely will not meet again until September 6th in the Semi-finals of the 2024 Speed Chess Championship held in Paris.
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Image of Magnus Carlsen by Lennart Ootes
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PGN
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 Be7 7. a5 O-O 8. a6 b6 9.
O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nf1 Rf7 14. h3 Rdf8 15. Ng3
Qc8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ndb8 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Rec1 c5 21. e5 d5 22.
dxc5 bxc5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Nc2 d4 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Bd2 Rxf2 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. Nh5
Bd8 29. b4 Nc6 30. bxc5 Nxe5 31. Qxd4 Bc7 32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Ng3 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Rxf3
35. Ne2 Qh5 36. Qg4 Qe5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf3 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Rxf3+
41. Ke1 Qf2#